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CHILI. 



[Asphodelece . 



umbella multiflora, pedunculis involucro longioribus glabris subramosis, perianthii laciniis 

 subaequalibus. — Linn. — Bot. Mag. t. 1613. Bot. Reg. t. 649. — Hemerocallis, &c. Feuill. 

 Chil. v. 2. t. 6. 



Hab. Conception. — From this the A. acutifolia of Link and Otto is chiefly to be distinguished by the 

 leaves and the peduncles being pubescent. 



Ord. LXVI. DIOSCOREvE. Br. 

 1. DIOSCOREA. Linn. 



1. D. gracilis ; caule glabra, foliis cordatoovatis acuminatis 7-9-nerviis glabris, racemis 

 axillaribus rarifloris, floribus masculis subbinis, fructibus subrotundis 3-alatis. 



Hab. Valparaiso. 



2. D. obtusifolia ; caule glabra, foliis alternis cordato-subrotundis mucronulatis 7-ner- 

 viis utrinque glabris, racemis axillaribus subsimplicibus elongatis rarifloris, floribus (mas- 

 culis) pedicellatis subternis. 



Hab. Island of Quiriguina, near Conception. 



Ord. LXVII. ASPHODELECE. Br. 

 1. LUZURIAGA. Ruiz Sf Pav. 

 1. L. radicans ; caule suffruticoso geniculato folioso scandente radicante, foliis alternis 

 lanceolatis obliquis, pedunculis axillaribus divisis. Spr. — Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Per. v. 3. t. 298. 

 Hab. Conception. 



2. LEUCOCORYNE. Lindl. 

 Perianthium hypocrateriforme, cum pedicello continuum, limbo 6-partito. Stamina 3 

 fertilia e tubo exorta; 3 sterilia carnosa teretia e fauce laciniis corollinis opposita. 

 Squamae hypogynae nulla?. Ovarium sessile triloculare polyspermum ; stylus teres, cum 

 ovario articulatum ; stigma simplex. — Herbaj (chiknses,) cormis induviatis. Flores umbel- 

 lati. Lindl. 



1. L. odorata ; foliis linearibus glaucis, limbi laciniis lanceolatis sublaciniatis, staminibus 

 sterilibus subulatis obtusis, pedunculis subaequalibus tubo brevioribus. Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1293. 



Hab. Valparaiso. 



2. L. alliacea; foliis linearibus, limbi laciniis erectis acuminatis subaequalibus, stamini- 

 bus sterilibus clavatis, pedunculis valde inaequalibus ; longioribus capillaribus. Lindl. in 

 Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1293. 



Hab. Conception. — One other species, L. ixioides, (Brodima ixioides, Bot. Mag. t. 2382,) is known. 

 Allied to this genus is Triteleia, Hook. In it, however, there are six fertile stamens, a pedunculated ovari- 

 um, with which the style is continuous, and three stigmas : of three species mentioned by Mr. Lindley, one, 

 T. bivalvis, is from Chili. 



